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2 erful and warlike prince of a large dominion in the far
3 east. Now, with this great reinforcement, the whole army
4 as it was encamped on the east bank of the Chenaub, and a
5 day's march from the fort of Rhahauk (at the present Kooloowall-
6 ke-puttun) amounted to about 200,000 fighting- men, and the
7 entire number, followers and all, would exceed 500,000. It
8 was not long before Secunder, assisted by the Khaundores and
9 several other tribes, advanced from the Indus to give battle, but
10 his force altogether fell somewhat short of the number of his
11 opponents, while his own countrymen, or all the foreigners, did
12 not ammout to above 50,000. Now the tract between the Che-
13 nauband Jhelum, or about the present Gujerat, Minore, Doulut-
14 anuggur, and certain other spots, where many coins, relics,
15 &c, are as yet to be found, became the scene of many bloody
16 skirmishes and actions, all which tended to drive the invader
17 to the west bank of the Jhelum ; where now Secunder had con-
18 centrated all his forces on the heights of the Rhotas range, and
19 along its east base, while the Indian army proudly pitched
20 its large camp on the east bank in the hilly tract and broken
21 ground that runs east of the village of Quarr. It was not
22 long before Secunder gave battle by crossing at or a little
23 below the present Quarr-ka-puttun, with numerous boats he had
24 collected and newly made (said to be 5,000 in number) and
25 though he did not effectually rout the Indian army, still they
26 were driven back and disheartened so as to allow him not long
27 after to take most of his troops along with him, and to march
28 and sail down the river. He however left, unprotected and unpro-
29 vided for, about 10,000 of his own Greek troops encamped as a
30 rear guard or reserve on the west bank of the Indus, where his
31 fixed and entrenched camp had been, about where the fort of
32 Oud or Ode now stands, and, where many vestiges of it may be
33 found in the bed and on the west bank of the stream. It
34 may be supposed that Secunder was somehow anxious to retreat,
35 and perhaps his proceeding down the river was only in fulfilment